More than 100 arrested in US, Egypt phishing scheme

October 6th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Users of Google's Gmail and Yahoo Mail were also targeted in the large-scale phishing attack that harvested at least 10,000 passwords from Microsoft's Live Hotmail, according to reports Tuesday. Neither of the companies' US representatives responded to requests for information.

September 25th, 2009 CAIRO - Ancient coins bearing the name and image of biblical Joseph have been found from the Museum of Egypt, contradicting claims made by some historians that coins were not used for trade in olden Egypt. Archaeologists provided by MEMRI show that the coins were discovered among a multitude of unsorted artifacts stored at the Museum of Egypt, The Jerusalem Post reports.

September 21st, 2009 2 men charged in NY with $80M Ponzi ATM schemeNEW YORK — Two men lured victims into an $80 million Ponzi scheme by convincing them they were investing in thousands of automated teller machines that in fact were never purchased, federal authorities said Monday. Vance Moore II, 55, of Raleigh, N.C., and Walter Netschi, 62, of McKinney, Texas, each face a charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and nine counts of wire fraud.

September 21st, 2009 2 men charged in NY with $80 million Ponzi schemeNEW YORK — Two men are charged in New York with an $80 million Ponzi scheme involving an automated teller machine business, federal authorities said Monday. Vance Moore II, 55, of Raleigh, N.C., was arrested Friday in Garner, N.C., and was scheduled for an initial court appearance Monday in the Eastern District of North Carolina.

September 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Police have arrested five people for their alleged involvement in a passport racket, officials said Thursday. The accused used to prepare passports under 'Tatkal' scheme by using forged letterheads of army officers and forged verification by army officers, police said.

September 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A man who duped a non-resident Indian (NRI) of Rs.1.4 million by posing as an agent of a private bank was arrested here Saturday, police said. The victim, Pritpal Singh Malhotra, resides in the US.

August 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Businessman Ashwani Sud, who was on the run for the last two years, has been arrested for allegedly duping investors of Rs.22 crore (Rs.220 million) by offering various schemes for investing in teak plantations, police said Wednesday. Sud, chairman cum managing director of Timber World Resorts and Plantation India, was arrested Monday from south Delhi's Safdarjung Enclave area, a police official said.

July 24th, 2009 PATNA - Five people, including the headmaster and two teachers, were arrested in Bihar's Nalanda district after a lizard was found in the mid-day meals served to school children, officials said Friday. In the last three weeks various such cases have been reported in the state.

July 11th, 2009 Lancelot Investment accused of aiding Ponzi schemeCHICAGO — Lancelot Investment Management and its owner have been accused by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of aiding a multibillion dollar Ponzi scheme.

July 8th, 2009 6 arrests in Wall Street fraud caseNEW YORK — Federal authorities say six people have been arrested in a securities fraud investigation involving a Wall Street brokerage firm. The case involves an alleged $140 million scheme that spanned a decade.

June 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Businessman Subhash Aggarwal and wife Snehlata, who were on the run after being accused of cheating thousands of people of Rs.10 billion with their "get-rich-quick" scheme, were arrested Saturday. Aggarwal, the managing director of Stop Loss Commodity Ltd, and his wife were arrested by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police from Nangloi in northwest Delhi, a police officer said.

June 8th, 2009 NY businessman pleads guilty in Ponzi schemeBUFFALO, N.Y. — A western NY businessman is facing up to a 25-year prison sentence and a $50 million fine after admitting he orchestrated a multimillion dollar Ponzi scheme that targeted Catholics.

May 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Twitterers and users of Facebook, beware! For hackers have now begun targeting popular social networking sites, and chances are that the sites' members maybe hoodwinked into revealing their identities and, worse, even credit card details, warn experts. Last week, hackers twice attacked Facebook - arguably the world's most popular social networking site - causing a host of users to reveal their personal information.

May 2nd, 2009 LexisNexis warns 32,000 of possible data breachNEW YORK — The LexisNexis online information service is warning 32,000 people their personal information may have been improperly accessed in a credit card fraud scheme that postal officials say bilked hundreds. New York-based LexisNexis says in a letter mailed Friday that former customers of the service may have viewed information including names, birth dates and Social Security numbers.

April 24th, 2009 NY adviser indicted in $413 million Ponzi schemeCENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — An investment firm owner masterminded a $413 million Ponzi scheme that fleeced more than 6,000 people, a federal indictment charged.